Iron County register., 1887-02-03

srou County gegiste'
BY ELI d. AXE.
1RONTON, .37-7 MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary Of Important Events.
GOVERNMENT statistics show that St
Louis still holds her position as the lead
ang interior import city.
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IN the Missouri Legislature on the 26tl
the proposition to remove the capital tt
Sedalia was lost-1 to64
IT is stated that French military officer.
are making extensive purchases of horse:
and mules in the Spanish provinces
THE President of the United States il
asked to act as arbitrator between Cost;
Rica and Nicaragua on the boundary ques
ton.
AUsTRo-HUNGART, Germany and Russi,
have agreed upon instructions to the am
bassadors at Censtantinople regardin.
Bulgaria.
OwrNG to its length and delay in en-
crossing the Interstate Commerce bill
had not been laid before the President fol
his action up to the oath.
The silver dollar circulation is now de
clining very rapidly, the return. of these
coins daily to the treasury being far in ex
cess of the amount issued.
BOTH houses of the Wisconsin Legisl a
ture met in joint session, on the Goth, ant
Philetus Sawyer was officially declared
elected United States Senator.
THE nomination of James c. Mathews, o
Albany, n. Y, to be Recorder of Deeds fo
the District of Columbia, was again re
jected by the Senate on the Goth.
NOTARY GASDAR, of Metz, Germany, has
failed for 1. 200, ,0O0 marks, and the distric
is so excited that Gandar, fearing vio
lence, applied for police protection.
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Two JURYMEN in the ''Boodler'' O'Nei1
case at New York reported to Judge Bar
rett on the Goth that attempts had beer
made to improperly approach them.
PRINCES ALEXANDER and Francis o.
Battenberg, who are travelling incognitO
under the name of the Barons Hatenau
arrived at Milan on the 25th, and proceed
ed to Genoa.
THE recent bond call leaves only $40, ,000,,
600 of three per cent. bonds outstanding
1t is Secretary Manning's purpose to call
these in four calls as rapidly as the rev
enues permit.
THERE were less than fifty visitors a
the Presidents reception on the oath. The
crowd was so small that the President did
not go down stairs, but received them il
the Cabinet-room.
TIE Chinese Minister at Washin otor
celebrated his birthday on the night of the
2Sth by a pleasant party of one hundred
and fifty guests at the legation residence
The invitations were verbal
THE joint resolution submitting pro
hibitory amendment to the Constitution
was passed in the Michigan Senate on the
27th. The question will be submitted al
the State election next April.
THE Mexican gunboat Democrat arrived
at Guaymas on the 27th with Cajeme, the
Yaqui chief, a prisoner. This ends the
war between the Yaquis and the Mexi
cans, which lasted two years. It is be
ieved that Gajeme named his own terms.
THE will of the late Bishop Horatio Pot
ter, bearing date April 20, 1870 was filed
in the Surrogate's office in New York on
the 27th. No charitable bequests a re
mentioned in the paper, and the estate is
beqpeathed to the children of the tesla
tor
THE friends of the trade-dolIar redemp-
tion are endeavoring to bring about a
reconciliation among members of the
House coinage committee. While the
present division continues they believe
Messrs. Bland and Lanham will prevent
consideration of the bill
THE Treasury Department has received
the first impressions of; the new five-dol-
lar silver certificate. 1t has a portrait of
President Grant on its face and on the
back the group of five silver dollars. The
back is the most artistic yet produced by
the engraving department.
THE Secretary of War sent to the House,
on the 25th, with an endorsement noting
his disapproval, petition by enlisted
men, asking that the act authorizing a re-
tired list for privates and non-commis-
stoned officers be amended so as to reduce
the period 01 service to twenty-five years.
THE First Comptroller has disallowed
another claim of Colonel John S. Mosby
for a refund Of fees, etc, improperly (as
he claims) turned INTO the treasury while
Consul at Hong Kong, amounting to about
sc, 900. Colonel Mosby's claims against the
Government, which have bsendisallowed,
amount to 12.S0O.
of the Cattle-C1 rowers' Association, ap-
peared before the Senate committee on
agriculture, at y ashington, on the Goth,
and submitted a constitutional argument
in support of the Miller bill 10 rextirpate
pleuro pneumonia.
THE Pre- sident has pardoned James D.
Cummings. convis+ed in January, 1885, of
making false vouche RS in what are known
as naval fraud cases. and sentenced t.
imprisonme Mt in the District of Colum bis.
Jail for two years. and to pay a fine of s.
600. His time of Imprisonment would have
expired on tie 21th, and the pardon sremitsf
the fine.
THE President received the Interstate
Commerce biz on the 35th, and has re-
ferred it to the Attorney General fer ex-
animation. 1t ia not likely that the rresi-